Famicom Kokumin Tōhyō

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The Famicom Kokumin Tōhyō is an online survey created for the 40th anniversary of the Family Computer, running from 2023 to 2024. The majority of the questions asked the user which Family Computer game came to mind when discussing specific genres, themes, or words. As the voting period is over, the user is now able to view the top 20 results for each of the 51 questions provided. Many of the results are games in the Super Mario franchise.

Super Mario–related answersEdit

  • What was the first one you bought (or had someone buy for you)?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
1 Super Mario Bros.   14.4%
2 Mario Bros.   9.2%
3 Super Mario Bros. 3   3.5%
4 Donkey Kong   3%
10 Donkey Kong Jr.   1.8%
20 Pinball   0.9%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "high score"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
6 Super Mario Bros.   2.1%
8 Pinball   1.8%
10 Mario Bros.   1.4%
12 Dr. Mario   1%
16 Super Mario Bros. 3   0.5%
16 Yoshi 0.5%
19 Donkey Kong   0.5%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "red cassette"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
5 Donkey Kong   13.1%
13 Donkey Kong 3   0.9%
18 Super Mario Bros.   0.4%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "battle"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
1 Mario Bros.   19.2%
11 Dr. Mario   2.3%
18 Super Mario Bros. 3   0.7%
20 Yoshi's Cookie 0.6%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "sport game"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
1 Golf   3.6%
19 NES Open Tournament Golf   1%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "white cassette"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
5 Dr. Mario   5.6%
8 Donkey Kong Jr.   5%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "the background music was good"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
17 Super Mario Bros.   1.3%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "I couldn't clear it"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
5 Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels   4.1%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "The main character was good"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
5 Super Mario Bros.   6.8%
16 Super Mario Bros. 3   1.4%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "ghost"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
3 Super Mario Bros. 3   7.4%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "I learned"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
3 Donkey Kong Jr. Math   9.3%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "five-character title"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
12 Pinball[n 1]   2.3%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "tag"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
4 Mario Bros.   3.1%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "puzzle game"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
2 Dr. Mario   15.3%
7 Yoshi's Cookie 4.3%
9 Yoshi 3.3%
15 Wario's Woods 1.5%
17 Wrecking Crew 1.1%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "the instruction booklet was good"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
3 Super Mario Bros.   4.9%
5 Super Mario Bros. 3   4.3%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "tricks"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
2 Super Mario Bros.   15.1%
8 Super Mario Bros. 3   1.5%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "blue cassette"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
18 Golf   1.2%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "cooperation"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
2 Mario Bros.   18.6%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "Japanese"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
19 Donkey Kong Jr. Math   0.7%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "Western"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
9 Super Mario USA   2.3%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "2"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
2 Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels[n 2]   20.1%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "the packaging was good"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
3 Super Mario Bros.   4.7%
6 Super Mario Bros. 3   3.3%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "three-character title"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
5 Golf[n 3]   7.5%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "action game"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
1 Super Mario Bros.   41.6%
3 Super Mario Bros. 3   5.2%
7 Mario Bros.   1.9%
12 Donkey Kong   1%
13 Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels   1%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "mom"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
10 Dr. Mario   1.4%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "racing game"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
3 Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race   6.6%
7 Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally   3.4%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "yellow cassette"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
1 Super Mario Bros.   27.6%
3 Pinball   10%
6 Super Mario Bros. 3   4.8%
16 Mario Bros.   0.8%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "dad"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
5 Donkey Kong Jr.   4%
8 Golf   4%
10 Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic   2%
19 Donkey Kong   0.4%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "the enemy characters were good"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
3 Super Mario Bros.   7%
9 Super Mario Bros. 3   2.4%
20 Donkey Kong Jr.   1%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "sea/ships"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
7 Super Mario Bros. 3   4.5%
17 Super Mario Bros.   0.8%
  • What comes to mind when you hear "Famicom"?
# Answer Image Voting percentage
1 Super Mario Bros.   49.7%
2 Mario Bros.   6.3%
6 Donkey Kong   2.8%
8 Super Mario Bros. 3   2%

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ファミコン国民投票こくみんとうひょう[1]
Famikon Kokumin Tōhyō
Family Computer Referendum

NotesEdit

  • Certain games shown in each poll do not feature an image of their box art, instead showing a gray photo reading "NO IMAGE." Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic is the only Super Mario–related game to feature this image.

Footnotes and referencesEdit

FootnotesEdit

  1. ^ Written in five characters in Japanese:「ピンボール」.
  2. ^ Called Super Mario Bros. 2 in Japan.
  3. ^ Written in three characters in Japanese:「ゴルフ」.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ ファミコン国民投票. Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved September 23, 2025.

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